CVE-2016-5985

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
IBM
Status
Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 February 2017

Summary

The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) AIX client is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when Journal-Based Backup is enabled. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a system crash.

Affected Version(s)

Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3.5.3

Tivoli Storage Manager 5.4.1.2

Tivoli Storage Manager 4.2

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993695
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94808
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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